X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fterm.7.html;h=2cb2c11da58205242500d697ae561b7d38f5a49d;hb=58552e8c761a70f8f0bd591fecdf576fa8216e3e;hp=53ea633e80177ce8dc497d92956923ab500a92ac;hpb=ca276baf720e3a44721b9e18955d3f546955c6c8;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/term.7.html b/doc/html/man/term.7.html index 53ea633e..2cb2c11d 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/term.7.html +++ b/doc/html/man/term.7.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - +
+ +- term(7) term(7) --
+
term - conventions for naming terminal types --
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The environment variable TERM should normally contain the type name of the terminal, console or display-device type you are using. This information is critical for all @@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ mailer. A default TERM value will be set on a per-line basis by - either /etc/inittab (Linux and System-V-like UNIXes) or + either /etc/inittab (e.g., System-V-like UNIXes) or /etc/ttys (BSD UNIXes). This will nearly always suffice for workstation and microcomputer consoles. @@ -85,9 +83,9 @@ the tty device and baud rate. Setting your own TERM value may also be useful if you have - created a custom entry incorporating options (such as - visual bell or reverse-video) which you wish to override - the system default type for your line. + created a custom entry incorporating options (such as vis- + ual bell or reverse-video) which you wish to override the + system default type for your line. Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capabil- ity data underneath /usr/share/terminfo. To browse a list @@ -101,9 +99,9 @@ you must use the infocmp(1m) command. Invoke it as fol- lows: - infocmp entry-name + infocmp entry_name - where entry-name is the name of the type you wish to exam- + where entry_name is the name of the type you wish to exam- ine (and the name of its capability file the subdirectory of /usr/share/terminfo named for its first letter). This command dumps a capability file in the text format @@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ thus vt100, hp2621, wy50. The root name for a PC-Unix console type should be the OS - name, i.e. linux, bsdos, freebsd, netbsd. It should not + name, i.e., linux, bsdos, freebsd, netbsd. It should not be console or any other generic that might cause confusion in a multi-platform environment! If a model number fol- lows, it should indicate either the OS release level or @@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ The root name for a terminal emulator (assuming it does not fit one of the standard ANSI or vt100 types) should be the program name or a readily recognizable abbreviation of - it (i.e. versaterm, ctrm). + it (i.e., versaterm, ctrm). Following the root name, you may add any reasonable number of hyphen-separated feature suffixes. @@ -215,15 +213,13 @@ environment variable when no -T option is specified. --
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For maximum compatibility with older System V UNIXes, names and aliases should be unique within the first 14 characters. --
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/usr/share/terminfo/?/* compiled terminal capability data base @@ -234,18 +230,21 @@ tty line initialization (BSD-like UNIXes) --
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curses(3x), terminfo(5), term(5). term(7)-